Eleanor Elizabeth WATKINS^[1]

1870 - 1935  (64 years)

• Name	Eleanor Elizabeth WATKINS
  Birth	2 Apr 1870	Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	17 Aug 1870	Windsor Twn, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States   [3]
  Residence	1 Jun 1880	Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States   [4]
  	Listed as E. E. Watkins
  Death	24 Feb 1935	Suffolk City, Virginia, United States   [2]
  Burial	Suffolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, United States   [2]
  	Address: Cedar Hill Cemetery
  	Block G, Lot 140
  Person ID	I5968	Watkins
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Quincy Adams WATKINS,   b. May 1843, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. 4 Aug 1911, Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Vandelia DELOACH,   b. Apr 1850, Virginia d. 1925, Virginia (Age ~ 74 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1865	Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States   [5, 6]
  Residence	17 Aug 1870	Windsor Twn, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States   [3]
  	Gunsmith
  Residence	1 Jun 1880	Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	30 Jun 1900	Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States   [5]
  	Lock and gunsmith
  	Census recorded that only six of their eight children were still living and listed five of them: William D., George T., Charles L., Blanche, and Melzor.
  Residence	27 Apr 1910	Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States   [7]
  	Farmer
  Family ID	F1127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hersey Watson BARNES,   b. 9 Feb 1870, Windsor Twn, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States d. 10 Jan 1935, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1888	Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States   [8, 9]
  Residence	12 Jun 1900	Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States   [8]
  	Brick layer
  	Listed as Hersey W. and Eleanor E Barnes, they had been married for ten years and three of six children born to them were still living.
  Residence	27 Apr 1910	Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States   [10]
  	Brick mason
  	Listed as H.W. and E.E. Barnes, they had been married for 21 years and four of eleven children were still living.
  Residence	10 Apr 1930	Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States   [11]
  	Brick mason
  	Listed as Hersey W. and Eleanor E. Barnes
  Children	1. Bill Joe BARNES,   b. 22 Aug 1889, Berkley, Norfolk, Virginia, United States d. 30 Jul 1966, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States (Age 76 years)   2. Hersey H. BARNES,   b. Jun 1892, Virginia d. Bef 27 Apr 1910 (Age ~ 17 years)   3. Irene Narcissus BARNES,   b. 14 May 1895, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States d. 12 Mar 1970, Suffolk City, Virginia, United States (Age 74 years)   4. Mary Vandalia BARNES,   b. 23 Sep 1903, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States d. 9 Feb 1967, Nansemond County, Virginia, United States (Age 63 years)   5. Jeremiah BARNES,   b. 4 Aug 1908, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States d. 5 Oct 1961, Virginia, United States (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F3933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Apr 1870 - Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States Residence - 1 Jun 1880 - Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S374] The Ancestors of Barbara Faye Watkins, Page 3. [S331] Find-A-Grave, Memorial# 90422642. [S113] 1870 United States Federal Census, Windsor Twn, Isle of Wight, Virginia, Page 56, Dwelling 433. [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Windsor, Isle of Wight County, Virginia ED 33 Pg 4 Dwelling 28. [S414] T, Windsor, Isle of Wight County, Virginia ED 18 Page 18A Dwelling 325. [S86] ua, Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. [S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, Windsor, Isle of Wight County, Virginia ED 6 Pg 11A Dwelling 212. [S414] T, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia ED 30, Page 9B, Dwelling 178. [S86] ua, Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. [S448] 1910 Federal Census, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, ED 15, Page 26A, Dwelling 446. [S446] 1930 Federal Census, Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, ED 119-7, Page 11B, Dwelling 238.